3. Akademiekonzert by Schäfer, S., Mozart, Otten, T 10 sept 2024, Alates (2024/2024), Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany

In the 3rd Academy Concert, two premieres meet a good acquaintance: First up is Stefan Schäfer, solo double bassist of the Philharmonic State Orchestra, passionate chamber musician and composer. His “Reflections on a Good Morrow” was commissioned by the Philharmonic State Orchestra. The new is followed by the familiar: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his “Night Music”. A demanding work with which Mozart – once again – exceeded the expectations of his time and composed chamber music with an almost symphonic gesture. Fabian Otten shows how much your own music-making and composing benefit from each other and can even depend on each other. The first drummer and timpanist of the Philharmonic State Orchestra has been studying in the master's program in composition at the HfMT Hamburg since 2022 and is composing a commissioned work for string quintet and percussion for this concert. The final musical word belongs again to Mozart, whose string quintets were considered by Franz Schubert to be a “beneficial departure from a brighter, better life” and to modern musicology as “his greatest achievement in chamber music” (Charles Rosen). His String Quintet in G minor stands par excellence for Mozart's very own musical language and the purity and beauty of the artistic form.